Dollar slips against major currencies as Iran talks lift risk appetite

The US dollar weakened against a basket of major currencies after reports of progress in Iran talks improved global risk sentiment. The move reflects a risk-on rotation in which investors reduce demand for the dollar's haven status and redeploy capital into higher-beta currencies, with the dollar's safe-haven premium compressing as geopolitical tail risk recedes. Commodity-linked and cyclically sensitive currencies such as the Australian and Canadian dollars and the New Zealand dollar are typically most responsive to this shift, while the Japanese yen and Swiss franc, which often strengthen in risk-off episodes, tend to lose ground when sentiment improves. Oil-sensitive markets are also in focus, since a reduced probability of supply disruption from the Gulf can pull crude prices lower and ease inflation expectations across importers. Traders will watch the next US inflation print and any Federal Reserve commentary on rate expectations, since a softer US data outcome would reinforce dollar weakness while a hot reading could quickly reverse the move.

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